rear sholder belt anchor, nut or nutcert

[Overlord]

For the rear sholder belt conversion, would a nutcert be strong enough? Or is it better to fish a nut up the pillar?

 

[Norris Marshak]

I added rear shoulder belts from a 62 to my 85' 60. I found the nut was already in the pillar.

 

[Godwin]

I would fish a nut up the pillar, seems like that would make for a stronger anchor. Fishing a nut up the pillar is a little tricky but doable and since this is a matter of safety you'd want the more solid technique.

 

[Cruzerman]

I'm by no means an expert. If the factory nut is not there, I would try and fish up a nut and a very large washer. I wouldn't trust a nutcert.

 

[Overlord]

Can you sufficiently tighten the bolt without having a wrench on the fished nut? Also, were can I get a 11mm nut?

 

[Godwin]

There were some directions posted somewhere, maybe here on MUD, and I sort of followed them. I got an appropriate sized bolt and nut (7/16 fine thread maybe) and washer. I JB welded the washer to the nut along with a thin but stiff wire of a length that would reach up to the hole. I went in from the bottom. Once the JB Weld set well I did a test run of fishing the nut/washer up the hole and catching it with the bolt. After I became comfortable with that I pulled the nut/washer out, put a little JB Weld on the washer, fished it back up, caught it with the bolt and screwed it down. I left this in place until the JB set up, then removed the bolt and reattached with the upper seat belt hanger. Use care so that you don't JB Weld the bolt to the nut.

Repeat for other side.

 

[flybynight]

I am in the middle of doing this.... pics soon.